Transcription: Symbols. The Egyptians used symbols in painting and in jewelry. A symbol is an object or a mark that represents another object or an idea. Egyptians who could not read could recognize symbols. They could tell, for example, that a picture of a woman with cow horns represented the goddess Hathor. Jewelry had symbolic meaning too. Children wore small fish ornaments in their hair. believe that these ornaments protected children from accidents in the Nile. Adults often wore a carving of an Eye of Horus for good health. The onyx sign, which is now called an Egyptian cross, represented life. The scar ...
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